One American's Response to CNN's Whoring Itself out to the Bush Adminstration (that's Fox's job!)

E-mail To: Eason Jordan, Turner Broadcasting

Re: Who Do the Terrorists Favor in the November Presidential Election?

Dear Mr. Jordan:
Thanks so much for using the far-reaching influence of CNN to explore this vital issue and I for one am glad to know that, according to last night's broadcast,they want Kerry to win. As I do not align myself with the group that killed my college roommate (on Flt. 11), I am now going to vote for Bush.

Please also assign your award-winning journalists to find out how the terrorists rate the WWII Memorial and what they think about Kerry's back-and-forth on whether or not he was going to accept the DNC nomination at the convention.

Regards,
Mia Culpa
(former Kerry supporter)

Fenway Roundup and something about negroes

The Kerry Meet Up at Boston Billiards left a lot to be desired but a good time was had in spite of the:

• lack of organization. We showed up and there was no one with a “Meet Up” sign up, etc. We just took seats at the bar and watched the Sox game
• limited “Game Day” menu at Boston Billiards which did not have salads or pizza (the only two things worth eating at BB).
• surly bartenders (the chick was OK though) who charged me $2.00 for every refill of diet coke (total diet coke tab: $6). Just lame.

The Sox got totally spanked which actually creates a more carnival-like atmosphere in Kenmore Square. A lot of fans left the game early and there were hot guys just walking around hammered, still wearing the suits they put on at 6:30 yesterday morning. The gals and I just walked around, taking it all in and I woke up this morning sans hangover and smokers cough. Another upside: total spent on night out: $10.00. Not too shabby!

I am in the best mood possible for no reason at all. Cannot wait for the weekend, Portsmouth and quality time with the ‘fam.
Oh, Matt blogged about this "Karl Rove" memo and I absolutely have to copy-cat because I love it and done't want anyone to miss it!

What does compassion look like, anyway? I ran this question by a focus group and came back with a simple answer: Negroes.

I want credit for this!

It was MY idea, back in April, to tie in Bush's campaign with BBQ and obesity (see below). Now, some pollster has sort of ripped me off! I am laughing at the NY Post's pathetic attempts to portray Bush in a positive light. All you can say about the guy is that he beats Kerry in the "BBQ poll" by a measly 11%? Something tells me this is the only poll in the nation where Bush commands such an impressive number and the Post managed to find it and publish it with a straight face as it were.

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How about showing lithe marathon runners "running for Kerry" and then flash over to some obese people having a "BBQ for Bush" party? Ha! Then the GOP will fire back by saying that anyone who doesn't BBQ is unpatriotic and the French don't BBQ and Kerry speaks French so who do you want as the Leader of the Free World? It'll be great!

I am going to the Kerry Meetup at Boston Billiards tonight and, God as my witness, I am not going to have one alcoholic beverage. Last night marked the end of my binge drinking and smoking until the road race I am running in Central Park on June 6. It will be so.

Sleeper Cell at Boston Cab?

I took at look at the most-wanted Terrorists on Ashcroft's list and the good news/bad news is: I swear almost every one of them (except for the chick and the guy with the beard) works in the parking lots around the Fenway.

We are never going to catch these guys. Just like Whitey Bulger hiding out in senior citizen communities, these guys just blend in with the crowd. Now, if one of them would get an "I (heart) Allah" tattoo or something, that would be helpful.

It's getting drafty around here

I wish that the Globe or the Herald would cover the issue of the re-institution of the draft in this country. By all accounts, the pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills: S 89 and HR 163) which will time the program's initiation so the draft can begin at early as Spring 2005, are going to be supported and passed.

Congress brought the twin bills, entitled the Universal National Service Act of 2003, "to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons [age 18--26] in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." The Patriot Act clears the way for a draft of persons "ages 18-34" but the bills only mention persons up to age 26 so maybe that has changed.

The Bush adminsitration has taken care of the draft-dodging techniques that enabled Bush and Cheney to sit out Vietnam. College and Canada will not be options. In December 2001, Canada and the U.S. signed a "smart border declaration," which could be used to keep would-be draft dodgers in. Signed by Canada's minister of foreign affairs, John Manley, and U.S. Homeland Security director, Tom Ridge, the declaration involves a 30-point plan which implements, among other things, a "pre-clearance agreement" of people entering and departing each country. Reforms aimed at making the draft more equitable along gender and class lines also eliminates higher education as a shelter. Underclassmen would only be able to postpone service until the end of their current semester. Seniors would have until the end of the academic year.

The draft $28 million has been added to the 2004 selective service system (sss) budget to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005. Selective Service must report to Bush on March 31, 2005 that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.

The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.

As I understand it, these 21st century draftees will not necessarily be on the front lines in combat. If one is a computer programmer, a builder, an electrician, an accountant, she'll be doing those jobs for Uncle Sam. Working in countries like Iraq to rebuild the infrastructure is preferable to having to kill people but it sounds like a crappy job to me.

Crisis averted, calm restored

We had this department luncheon meeting yesterday and my boss arrived late then sat right next to me. On my other side was a good pal of mine and we were gearing up to heckle all of the speakers under our breath and try to crack each other up. I was doing this by myself on the treadmill at the gym while watching Bush’s speech and I was killing myself! I actually had to cover my mouth so as not to look like I thought Bush’s idea to bequeath a new state-of-the-art prison to the Iraqis (I finished his sentence with, “and we will immediately fill it with Iraqi citizens”) was a laff riot.

So I was still feeling punchy even though I couldn’t vocalize my punch lines. The conversation turned to the Democratic Convention and how those party conventions are anachronistic and unnecessary in modern politics. Before I knew what was happening, I piped up with, “Yeah. The only people who benefit from those conventions are hotel employees and hookers.” Now, I don’t need to tell you that it is not in one’s best interest to bring up prostitution with the Vice President of law and General Counsel who, for the record, is a pretty stiff guy.

An uneasy silence fell for about 2 seconds and at the same time that everyone burst into laughter, he laughed too and said, “I hadn’t thought of it that way but you’re right.” I was about to follow up with, “not that I know any hookers personally” but decided to quit while I was ahead; If one can be said to be “ahead” after conjuring up images of sex-for-hire at a board meeting.

Compare and Contrast with the previous link

US Soldiers almost kill another US soldier posing as a detainee.

No word on whether the soldiers were told that the "detainee" was a high-value detainee or if they got a passing grade on this "exercise".

The most important story about a US soldier in Iraq

Ever.

Read this WSJ article for what might be one of 3 inspirational stories to come out of Iraq since the conflict started.

Girl has an interesting story to tell about a fomer boarding school friend who made it big by espousing her beliefs about being a Muslim woman.
Sorry guys, there's no shower-scene, girls boarding school stuff here. It does involve pork, it is not in any way like Porkys. You can get that stuff here (see the Super Bowl lesbian kiss entry) but not in Girl's blog!

Jeff knows moral bankruptcy when he sees it but not so much about the United States

Jeff Jacoby goes off on Ted Kennedy in today’s Boston.com op-ed. The whole premise of his rant is that Kennedy is anti-American because he said that the Abu Ghraib prison had not changed in character and was just “under new management”.

Uh, Jeff? He’s right (see yesterday’s post). And, this being the land of the free and home of the brave and all and the First Amendment still sort of relevant, he can say whatever he wants. This was a no-spin statement and happened to articulate what many Americans thought of the scandal. I guess, Jeff, you are used to the convoluted, half-truths issued by Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney who utter these bizarre tag lines while spending all of their free time engaged in the most Anti-American activity I can think of: Dismantling the US Constitution. Remember these gems that the Founding Fathers thought were so important (in case you have been too busy to notice) the right to Due Process, Free Speech, and the Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure? Well, they aren’t so important to Bush et al and if you have no problem with that, hey, it’s a free country.

But please, don’t go around ranting and raving about “anti-American” statements. We on the left may be “morally bankrupt” (thanks) but we know Anti-American activities when we see them and we have the backing of the United States Constitution in speaking out against them. If you want to write a powerful, controversial piece, consider writing about the current administration's un-American activites (they'd never make an un-American statement, they are more men of action). It may sound like slander to your ears but to some of us, it'd be good old American-style dissent.

Just as an aside, when Bush took the Oath of Office, he swore to “uphold the Constitution of the United States” but, guess what? weeks later, he told a reporter that the only document that he turns to for guidance is “the Good Book”. That’s right Jeff, the Bible. He could care less about the US Constitution and the only time he even refers to it is when he talks about amending it to ban same-sex marriage. I’m just glad he remembers it even exists. Maybe you can engage in some investigative journalism and let us know if he's referring to the King James version or what. We need know the source of the new American doctrine, right? Jeff, maybe the US Constitution was written by “morally bankrupt” men for a “morally bankrupt” society which is just comprised of a bunch of left-leaning sissies for even caring about a 200 year-old document. That is the natural, logical conclusion that may be drawn by taking your analysis one step further. Think about it.

Oops!

It appears we keep accidentally killing some of the "most valuable" "detainees" in Abu Ghraib prison (which I heard was going to be renamed "Camp Redemption" in a PR campaign the CPA was going to launch but maybe common sense prevailed here).

The apparent murder of a "high-value" detainee, held as part of the search for weapons of mass destruction, is another blow for the Bush administration, still reeling from the Abu Ghraib jail abuse scandal.
Dr Izmerly was on the coalition's original "200 list" of suspects from Saddam Hussein's regime, and his death happened just two weeks after the US military began its own secret inquiry into the prison west of Baghdad. Last Friday the Pentagon admitted it was now investigating eight more suspected murders.
Several prisoners have been found to have died before or during interrogation. They include Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush, a former commander of Iraq's air defences, who died last November during interrogation at Qaim.
The original US autopsy said he had died of a heart attack. It now appears he was suffocated during interrogation when a CIA officer put him in a sleeping bag and sat on him.


Anywho, at least we are managing to keep some of the innocent detainees alive so that they can be released after their innocence is confirmed, like the Reuters reporters who were forced to stick their fingers up their butts and lick them, and tell their story to the international press. Will this lunacy ever end? I wish the election was next week.

Weekend by the numbers

Number of hours spent driving: 4.5
Number of hours slept: 16
Number of Sox games: 2
Number of Guinness imbibed: 12
Number of carbs consumed: approx 3,000
Number of cigarettes smoked: approx 6
Number of emails/calls from guy one went on 2 dates with: 0


This week I swear will be low-carb, zero-cigarette, date-free (Ha! as if I have a choice), workout-filled and still just as much fun as last week. Mark my words...

Like Father, Like Son

Scott Allen Miller wrote a great article in today's Globe about the FCC's war on anything and everything except Oprah. This quote about the FCC and Michael Powell's unfocused crusade could just as easily be about his father's unfocused game plan in Iraq.

The FCC has created an artificial mandate for a war without end against an undefined problem. Any casual student of government sees history in the process of repeating itself: The bureaucracy invents or exaggerates a problem, demands power and funding to solve it, then achieves only enough success to demand even more power and funding.

Boston's Finest

I went out with a friend last night for “a few drinks” and got home at 11:30 but that is beside the point. She lives on the Common and one night while the Gay Marriage issue was being debated at the State House, she took her dog for a walk around 10:30 p.m.

She and her golden (the coolest dog on the planet) walked up Park Street and saw two protestors, one of whom was holding a sign with that retarded “Adam + Eve not Adam + Steve!” nonsense. There was an out-of-state camera crew with the requisite perky blonde reporter who was speaking into the camera with the morons in the background.

She walked over and just stood a few feet away from the guys and blocked the camera’s view of them. The cameraman got mad and asked her to move and she calmly said, “No”. The reporter got pissy too and turned around to ask one of the 100 police officers in riot gear to “do something”. So this cop comes over and says to my friend:

“Move your fucking ass lady!”

She said, “No. I have every right to stand here and I am not moving.” He lost it, raised his visor, got all red in the face, waved his night stick in the air and screamed in her face:

“You get you and your fucking dog out of here! Move your fucking ass! Do you want to be our first arrest tonight?”

She waited a few seconds then turned around and walked home and bawled her eyes out. What is wrong with this City? The civil rights of out-of-staters who drive all night (the guys had southern accents – quelle surprise!) to bring their hate to our state are so important to the Boston Police that they verbally abuse and threaten to arrest law-abiding Boston residents? WTF? This story makes me angry and it makes me want to sue the City of Boston for millions and millions of dollars (she's gay).

I wish I knew the name and badge number of that cop. I’d put it in my sidebar permanently under the heading: “Smallest Dick in the Boston Police Department”. Asshole.

A friend of mine who has "domestic partner" medical benefits through her live-in fiancee's company just called with the following question: how does gay marriage affect "domestic partner" benefit programs?

I totally forgot about the drunken conversation, a few months ago, in which she told me she had no intention of ever actually marrying the guy at this point but needed the health insurance. "Well, you'd better hope that same-sex marriage doesn't become legal 'cause that'll be the end of domestic partner benefits. Companies will be like, 'just get married like the rest of us then you'll get your health insurance.'". She got all nervous and said did I really think that and I said, "Of course!" (drunken know-it-all-here) The whole reason domestic partner benefits exist is to not discriminate against people who cannot legally get married".

Well, now they can and we'll see if my alcoholic analysis is accurate or not. It is hard to take away a benefit (unless you worked for Worldcomm and the benefit was your retirement fund) once it is bestowed upon an employee but, who knows? She may end up having to marry him yet if she wants to keep those benefits. Ha!

NOTE: I asked my friend if it was OK to blog about this in case her boyfriend came across it. She assured me that he only goes in the internet to download music and porn so, no worries!.

Those Israelis Are Hot!

I have said it before and I'll say it again, I have a soft spot for the Israelis based solely on the fact that just about every single Israeli soldier I see on the news puts Brad Pitt to shame. They are action figures come to life and are hotter than tamales so what else needs to be said?

Just check out this pic. Guess which one is the Israeli.

After doing the requisite research (so as not to buy another lemon) and soul searching (a new car is about the worst investment one can make), I decided to look into buying a 2004 Toyota Prius. Technology Journal and Scientific American tell me that the Toyota technology is years ahead of all of the other hybrids and, at 110 horsepower, it has pickup, at 55-60 mpg, it gets the best mileage of all of the other hybrids (stuck at 44-48 mpg), blah, blah, blah….

So I pick up the phone, call my local Toyota dealership (if they’ll have me back after straying!), get the sales manager on the phone and this is what happened:

MONDAY

Mia: I’d like to test drive one of the 2004 Prius’s.
Edward (sales guy): Ummm…. Yeah, I wish I had one for you but, you know, there aren’t anymore.
Mia: What? You don’t have any at your dealership?
Edward: Ahhh, there just aren’t any anywhere. The 2004’s are sold out. I had two rentals here but sold them both just last week.

I had been on the fence about this whole hybrid thing (like the folks who thought those “horseless carriages” wouldn’t catch on). Now, I don’t know about you, but when I am told that I cannot have something, I want it by the weekend. I switch into high Lawyer gear:

Mia: OK. If you had some rentals on the lot last week, is it possible that another dealership has one? Should I make some calls or do the dealerships have an arrangement where you can call each other for cars (note: like Ann Taylor)?
Edward: Sure, Kiddo, I can make some calls but I gotta tell ya, I got a call myself from another dealership right before you called and there isn’t anything out there.
Mia: Great! I’ll give you my number!

TUESDAY

VM From Edward: “Hey Kiddo, ummmm, I made some calls and no one has any Prius’s but, the 2005’s are coming out in 6-9 months and we’re still taking orders for them…some of the other guys have stopped taking them…so, you can make a deposit of $500 and you’ll get it back if you don’t want the car when it comes in. Let me know.”

I get online and find out then Toyota is making about 50,000 of these things and a Toyota rep was quoted as saying the wait list has 22,300 names on it. WTF? I HATE buying new cars but now I am actually thinking of “ordering” one? Yes! I am!

WEDNESDAY

Mia: Hi Edward. It’s Mia!
Edward (weary): Oh, hey, Kiddo. Sorry I couldn’t help you out but I can give you a call when the cars come in November.
Mia: I really love Toyota’s and the only time I bought something else, well, it has had three recalls. I want the car but I don’t want to order one without test driving it. I don't to miss out on getting a 2005. What are the chances I'll get one without getting on the waiting list?
Edward: Listen, I’ll tell ya what. I got one here that has been sold so you can’t drive it but you can come down and sit in it, and you know, check it out.
Kiddo: Yeahhhh!

So I go down there and check out the car and it just rocks. The new body style isn’t goofy at all and those little Matchbox car tires have been replaced with wider ones. The thing has more gadgets than the Inspector and I want it right now. I chose the Oyster blue exterior with the Ivory/Brown interior which is exactly the same color-scheme as my beloved Seal Point Siamese cat. It’s KISMET!

WTF??!

Words fail me. Can anyone else think of some?


Radio host who called Nick Berg's father "a scumbag" responded to MMFA report: "I think public opinion will grow closer and closer to mine"

The best news I have seen all day

Concern among evangelical Christians over the course of the war in Iraq is opening a crack in their strong bond with President Bush and the Republican Party, political analysts who track this powerful voting group said.

But why should Kerry focus on "luring" Evangelicals? Aren't Evangelicals Americans too? Don't they worry about the environment, the First Amendment, the right to privacy, Due Process, the Federal budget deficit, state sovereignty, protection of our borders and immigration controls, holding public servants accountable for their actions and our imperialistic foreign policy?

I would think that they do care about these issues. Or maybe, once one has accepted Jesus into his heart, he ceases to care about anything outside of the church and lives in blissful ignorance. If true, this goes a long way in explaining Bush's confounding blase attitude towards, well, just about everything except same-sex marriage. That seems to be the only time he even mentions the United States Constitution.

No! Not the Fung Wah!

Please Boston Police Department, don't take the Fung Wah away. So much of my social life depends on being able to to get to NYC in under four hours for $10.

There is a bullshit quote from Capt. O'Rourke who, for the record, doesn't give a crap about the public safety in my neighborhood (see: Boston Riots). To be fair, he probably hates when he has to lie on the record like this:

It's just gotten out of control, and it's become a public safety issue,'' said Boston Police Capt. Bernard O'Rourke. ``We're receiving complaints from residents, the business community and other bus companies as well.''

Right. I'd like to get a look at that complaint log because I find it hard to believe that ANYONE in Chinatown, resident or business owner, would call the Boston Police for anything, nevermind a traffic tie-up due to the buses. Those Fung Wah guys are tough bastards and no one in Chinatown would do anything to get on their bad side. Give me a break.

Greyhound and Peter Pan better watch out. The last person who crossed the Chinatown bus guys got popped right on the street in broad daylight. Number of witnesses in crowded Chinatown, NYC: Zero.

NYC attorney Maccers laments her new assignment here and I can really relate to what she is saying.

As a fellow Nancy Drew wannabe, I still love the investigative aspect of being a lawyer, even when it is “shit boring”. Spotting a discrepancy, revealing a blatant lie, uncovering the original of a now-doctored document, getting a videotape from our PI of a supposedly crippled plaintiff playing golf still gives me a jolt and I think, “we’ve got them!”. This elation is immediately followed by a meeting with a senior attorney or a client who, stifling a yawn, says, "What else have you got?".

Sometimes, the other part feels obligated to justify his/her blasé attitude by explaining that the judge won’t find the evidence compelling enough to admit it or that we risk alienating the other side if we expose them as liars and where will that get us, etc. I have also come to the conclusion that my own client many times does not have “clean hands” either and it confronting the opposition with its weaknesses may lead to their doing the same and make it actually worse, not better, for our case.

It is amazing how little the facts of a case actually impact the outcome of a case. Take a look at any jury verdict which sets an obviously guilty person free or a convicts a person of "obstruction of justice" charge with no underlying criminal charge accompanying it. My job these days involves zero fact-finding and, although nine times out of ten, my work didn’t contribute to the case itself (unlike in the movies where a young associate uncovers a document which blows away the senior partners, the judge, opposing counsel, the press and his nubile paralegal-lover), I miss it. I like the hours and the pay though – can’t shake a stick at that!

Just when I thought it was safe to say the Boston Globe was suitable only for the lining of birdcages

this editorial is published.

I am loving it. OK, I have problems with the Globe when it tows the Rupert Murdoch line when it comes to coverage (and non-coverage) of certain issues but I applaud it when it says shit like this:

Unsubstantiated charges are becoming common in Turner's repertoire. Last September he accused City Council President Michael Flaherty of "institutional racism" when Flaherty tried to steer council business toward local concerns and away from resolutions on the Iraq conflict. One year earlier, Turner suggested that a police officer, not a robbery suspect, might have shot a 3-year-old boy. Again, he offered no credible evidence.
Turner represents Roxbury and parts of the South End, one of Boston's poorer districts. He could be working to improve housing, education, and job opportunities for his constituents. Instead, he makes a mockery of his office by mounting a bogus photo exhibit with Sadiki Kambon, a black activist known for barring whites from Kwanzaa celebrations

Oh, and for any of you that would accuse my of flip-flopping like Kerry, I have this to say: An open mind and the ability to formulate opinions and beliefs based on one's ongoing observations is a true sign of intelligence and success. It is also part of the human condition. My proof? How many people do you know who, although the world revolved around one's spouse on one's wedding day, now cannot stand the person and the sound of said spouse's voice is like nails on a chalkboard? I rest my case.

Craigslist v. Findlaw

Who knew that Boston's Craigslist was a clearinghouse for legal analysis and international political opinions as well as posts for "tranny looking for straight college boy for good times" (no link necessary).

Take that Providence Craigslist - you suck!

Last night I went to a private screening of the Brad Pitt flick, Troy. I got to see the movie with only 17 others and some beer. My capsule analysis: You’ll like this film if you liked TLOTR and Braveheart as most of the casts also appear here and each speaks with the same accent as in the aforementioned movies. So, here we are in ancient Greece and everyone is speaking with an Irish or Elvish accent.

Brad Pitt looks amazing and the actor who played Hector looks exactly like a guy I met on Craigslist last year. I stayed for the credits and it is not actually the same person but he should mention the uncanny resemblance in his next post. Chicks dig the look.

Credit where credit is due

The Boston Herald has an article in today's paper that seems to have been drafted by actual journalists and it needs to be commended for that. Thanks guys for a good read and for slamming the race-baiting Boston Globe. Rock on.

Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner ought to be condemned for displaying those fraudulent rape photos.

Boston Globe columnist Derrick Jackson ought to be ashamed to link treatment of Iraqi prisoners of war to racism against blacks in this country

You must own this book

Don't ask questions, just run out and buy it. "You Either Get it or You Don't"

My New Technique is Unstoppable

The Cheese Stands Alone

Blogpatrol provides all kinds of information about the readers of this blog but I seldom check out the stats because I started this blog as sort of a personal diary and it never occurred to me that anyone else would give a shit about what I had to say and maybe no one does but, whatever. Today's stats show that the following web browsers are being used to view this site:

MS Internet Explorer 6 - 212
Netscape Navigator - 87
MS Internet Explorer 5 - 71
Opera 7. - 1

I don't know who you are "Opera Man" but Godspeed!

Oh, and one of the searches that brought someone to this blog was: "bodyscan, tits"

Nice.

Greek Chorus in the Armed Services Committee

By now, almost everyone is talking about Jim Inhofe's rant yesterday in which he attempted to single-handedly tarnish America's image across the globe. I have not seen one article which mentions the woman in frame behind him as he is talking.

Next time you see the footage, don't take your eyes off of her. Her countenance morphs from bored to incredulous, to really incredulous and at one point, she actually mouths, "Jesus!". I loved it. She slowly glances around, looking to see if anyone else is as shocked as she is, and shakes her head. This woman, whomever she is, is reacting as any person with a conscience is reacting as we hear this caveman go off like he is hoping to get Rumsfeld's job as Beelzebub if he gets fired.

These Committee members are asking all of the right questions and it is so bi-partisan (with the exception of the above-referenced senator with a small penis)that it is almost un-American. I liked the general whose report is the center of this investigation until he lied yesterday about believing that the specific types of torture employed (standing on the box, the dogs, and you know the rest) were the idea of six reservists who were not acting on orders.

Every human rights attorney knows that the standing on the box trick (and every single other tactic used) goes back to World War I and, after the Holocaust, were specifically outlawed by the Geneva Convention. So, does he really believe that these reservists came up with the EXACT SAME torture methods on their own? Just a coincidence? A fluke? And do women in the military really wear those ugly knickers on that prisoners head or where they shipped in specifically for torture?

Oh, and I don't care what anybody says, Hillary Clinton as a senator rocks. If I had half of the legal mind that she does, I wouldn't be sitting here in the suburbs blogging all day about crappy restaurants and whether or not teeth whitening is worth it if I am still going to drink coffee. You go Girl!

Nixon and the new Blogger

The new Blogger templates allow on to put one's picture in the upper corner of the blog and I am thinking: WTF? Why would I want to put my picture on here and then talk about bad sex or a crappy date? Ha! Not me man! That picture thing may be fine for some above-board bloggers but Mia needs all the anonymity she can get.

I heard some excerpt from the Nixon tapes on the BBC this morning and Nixon was fuming about John Kerry and his debate with Paul O'Neil about Vietnam. Can you imagine a 22 year old Veteran coming back from Iraq and taking on George W. and company? I can't. All I have to say is, I can't think of a more ringing endorsement for Kerry than having Nixon as an enemy. Kerry should run a commercial like: "Nixon hated me and what I stand for and so does Bush. What does that tell you? Vote Kerry for President"

Oh, I have a date tonight and I met the guy the old-fashioned way: in a bar. When I mentioned I had a date to my friend, she said, "Have you seen his picture?" Ha!

Nick Berg

Nick Berg, a US contractor, was beheaded on camera last week.
I have been following this story because his poor parents were so frantic, they hired a private investigator to go to Iraq to find him.

Will the civilian contractors just come home already? I can't take it any more if this. He was 26.

Yesterday, George Bush announced that Rumsfeld is "leading the war on terror". Isn't that supposed to be the President's job? Is he saying that Rumsfeld, rather than the Commander-in-Chief, is in charge here? Where is Congress? Is anyone in charge of Rumsfeld? Just when I think this Administration can't get any worse than it already is...

Spam for brains?

I have this friend who gives out my e-mail address to every "free" offer on the web. You know, where the ad says, "send to five of your friends for free movie tickets". So my Yahoo account, which was previously spam-free, now averages about 10 spams a day.

Some of these subject lines for these messages are priceless but, sorry guys, I am still not opening them. None of my friends say things like, "why u stop replyying my email?" and "sorry bout last nite". Now, are people so pathetically happy to get messages that they open anything or did market research reveal that this is how the majority of American's write and communicate? God, I hope it is the former.

"It felt like he was trying to protect me"

Well, you are the only one he wants to protect there Ashley. I had to choke back the bile that rose in my throat when I read this article in today's New York Post about how Dubya put his arms around the daughter of a WTC victim for "20 seconds" on a stop during his "Bus Tour" (he actually flies from one venue to the next).

Hey, Ashley? You're a kid and I know that you lost your mom and you can't be expected to see things as clearly as an adult but here it is: The Republicans spent over $50 million dollars and 7 years investigating a land deal called "Whitewater" in which not one American life was lost (unless you count the women who spent time in jail for "obstructing" Republican "justice").

2,700 Americans died in an act of war which the President knew about prior to the attacks (admittedly, he did not know that exact date and time but Rumsfeld stopped flying commercial flights in June 2001 so you can assume that he knew about it around that time) and our fearless President:

-ordered that the family members of the mastermind behind the attacks be flown out of the country on military aircraft,
-spent a paltry $11 million on the investigation
-came thisclose to denying an extension of time for the 9/11 commission to investigate
-declassified every document he could dig up which portrayed the Democratic members of the Committee which are trying to find out why your Mom had to die a horrible death and make sure it doesn't''t happen again
-denied additional Federal disaster relief funding to NYC following the attacks.

So, you see Ashley? This man has no intention of protecting any American life with the exception of his own life and the lives of his staff. You really should have gone home and taken a long hot shower after he hugged you for 20 seconds. Just the thought of it just skeeves me out...

Oh, and you'll only find pro-Bush articles in the Post. One of his best friends is Rupert Murdoch so we can expect a lot of Bush "hugging" and baby-kissing stories in the months to come. We never see him hugging or displaying any affection with his own wife and kids but you can be sure he'll be out there molesting other people's children constantly in the months leading up to the election. God I cannot wait until this is over.

More Bad Sex

If you've ever rolled over onto your stomach after a romp, turned your head to the side in order to look at the guy who just dismounted and thought: "I had no idea sex could be that bad. Can't wait to run this by my friends.", you'll enjoy Eurotrash's anaylsis of the very same subject.

I couldn't have said it better myself so I am not going to try.

"Mother of Harlots"

I almost choked to death on my iced coffee after reading some of the letters that Howard Stern's fans have been sending in the the FCC. The Smoking Gun has obtained some of the "complaints" via the Freedom of Information Act which, apparently has not yet been rescinded by the Bush administration but I am sure they are working on it.

I had to close my office door after busting a gut over this one.

You get to stop having sex AND play parlor games with friends?!

Sign me up!
For marriage, that is. I just spent 20 minutes engrossed in the message boards over at the Wedding Channel and boy, is it entertaining. Cheating grooms, secret subscriptions to porn revealed, self-flagellation, brownie recipes, you name it. This quote from one gal who laments that her friends who have been married for over a year (to her 6 months), have some crazy ideas about marriage and "they just don't understand what it means to be truly married". Ha! I am keeping an eye on this one...

We had our first party as a married couple this past weekend and had a blast! We called it The Tournament of Champions, but really it was a glorified game night. We dusted off our Pictionary and our Trivial Pursuit (Pop Culture Edition) and had about 15 people over to play them until the wee hours of the morn. I highly recommend the Pop Culture Trivial Pursuit – we got it for Christmas and it’s so current and much easier than the Trivial Pursuit I remember playing as a kid. And fun too!

I have to admit, I am slightly jealous of all of this clean living. If I had to sit back and envision my "first party as a married couple", populated with the substance-abusing, ne'er-do-wells that I chose to spend my time with, it would go something like this:

We had our first party as a married couple last night! All of the food I put out at the beginning of the night that went untouched for hours was consumed between 2 and 2:30 a.m. and everyone was going through the cupboards, looking for more. We went though all of the sangria, wine, vodka and beer and someone actually polished off the almost-full bottle of Tia Maria that I had with me for three apartments. It was a blast! Susan, Lisa, Theresa, Mike and Chas had to stay over and we all got up around 11 to clean up the apartment and take turns vomiting.

So, basically, it'll be just like single-life with a cool guy who'll take out all of the bottles and cans to the recycle bin before they stink up the apartment. Well, that is how I imagine it anyway.

I need to get this out so I can move on

I usually just log onto Boston.com to check the weather or the Red Sox schedule but today I made the mistake of reading an article. Now, I am fuming about this.

OK, discrimination exists. When the prejudices of law enforcement officers obstruct justice, we as a society should be outraged. Now, when it comes to traffic stops, I want to know WHY these people were pulled over. Speeding? Erratic driving? Broken tailight? Running a red light? Driving in a safe manner and getting pulled over for no reason and being issued a bogus ticket? What?

The Boston Globe has one goal: Increase circulation to generate revenue. That is it. Only covering half of the story here is inflammatory and irresponsible.

I have a few friends who specialize in Civil Rights law and have sued police departments for discrimination but guess what? They win when true discrimination exists but every study that has been done on "racial profiling" in traffic stops and random questioning shows that the person complaining about profiling was guilty of the offense for which he or she was stopped/questioned/arrested. Many times, the cops are pursuing suspects based on a DESCRIPTION given by an eye-witness. In minority neighborhoods, almost 99% of the time, the eyewitness is a minority as well so are minorities "profiling" each other? It is crazy and just gets people all riled up. I hate the Globe. You should too.

Tuesday Status: Fair to Partly Cloudy.
I lost out on the plate but gained 5 pounds since Saturday. Why, why, why? I am fine with the license plate thing but I am bothered by the weight problem. It is no mystery HOW I gained the weight because I was present during the consumption of said fat-causing matter. The mystery is why I continue to sabotage my summer body.

Now, Oprah would say that I have a deep seated self-loathing that causes me to make myself fat but that is bullshit. I just love nachos and Amstel Light (last night's dinner at the Cactus Club by the way). Today is a new day and as of 10:04 a.m., I have not had a thing to eat. Stay tuned.

I have to get back to kissing a colleague's ass. He is senior counsel in our Paris office and I would do just about anything to get a job over there. Yep, just about anything...

I can't take it anymore!

I am bidding for a MA 9/11 Fund license plate and the war is on! Someone else is also bidding on the plate that I want and the auction "closes" at 6 so I can't leave the office until it is over. What if that bastard outbids me while I am sitting in traffic, blissfully unaware of my "loser" status? So, here I sit. Checking the auction site every few minutes. So far, so good. I am up by $25.00.

Now, I know that this is for charity and all of most of the money goes to the Massachusetts families of 9/11 (which I like to refer to as "the day we got our ass kicked" but the Bush administration frowns on such characterizations) but my competitive spirit has kicked in and I want that friggin' plate! My interest in the auction began, not out of my desire for a cool, low-numbered plate, but because my college roommate was on Flight 11 and I have not donated anything in her name yet. By the time her remains were identified, a year had gone by and her family didn't establish a fund in her name or anything which I know is no excuse but...I have to go check the auction site now! Wish me luck.

Now, that wasn't so bad

I was so nervous about sailing today as I have not been since October. No worries though, Mate! Despite the wind and the rough surf, or maybe because of the wind and rough surf, it was a great day out there. Seeing the Boston skyline from the ocean side, to me, marks the beginning of summer. I just checked the weather and it is going to be cloudy and rainy for the next few days but in my mind, it is time to put the air conditioner back in the window.

The last guy I met online? The one who turned out to be the swansong of my 7 month on-line dating experience? I couldn't resist checking to see if he was back up and running and this is what I found:


Good looking guy seeks good looking girl... Able and willing to travel for the right company. I'm respectful, articulate, charming, affluent and humorous.

There is more but I am laughing at how he has decided to expand his geographical area (when I met him, he was only interested in girls who lived in the Back Bay) and got a kick out of his describing himself as "charming" and "humorous. Yeah, the way he jumped up after sex to weigh himself both before he went to sleep and first thing in the morning was very charming and humorous. It was also kind of disturbing.